Ford's discovery of wood alcohol in the bodies of two Boston men confirmed police suspicious that the deaths were caused by poison liquor distributed through a gang of Revere moonshiners. There is still 100 gallons of the alcohol unaccounted for while the number of victims has reached eight. A few weeks 220, a similar situation resulted in over 25 deaths in Atlanta, Georgia.

In another case, Ford reported that the death of a girl discovered on Common wealth Avenue early Saturday morning probably was the result of a hit and run accident he did, however point out that she could have been deliberately slain.